Wirdum: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Wirdum with 48.1% (5 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Wirdum with 30.2% of the second votes, AfD took 27.8%.
- Turnout83.9% · Aurich (Wkr. 024) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters694 of 827 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +10.0 · SPD +7.2 · CDU −7.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency24 Aurich – Emden
2026 local elections in Wirdum
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wirdum, as of 17.09.2026 09:36. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 48.1% · 5 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilBWG/BfB 32.1% in the Samtgemeinde Brookmerland
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BrookmerlandSPD 27.0%
- Turnout59.5% · district council election 61.1%
- SPD48.1% · 5 seats
- SEW38.1% · 4 seats
- CDU9.7% · 1 seat
- FDP4.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 59.5% · 864 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Brookmerland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:36. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034525401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Brookmerland
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Brookmerland, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- BWG/BfB32.1% · 10 seats
- SPD27.6% · 8 seats
- AfD18.5% · 6 seats
- CDU7.4% · 2 seats
Turnout 61.3% · 11,073 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Brookmerland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:36. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Brookmerland
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Aurich is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD27.0%
- AfD21.3%
- FREIE WÄHLER19.3%
- CDU11.4%
Turnout 61.1% · 11,146 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Wiltfang, SPD48.3%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER33.1%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU13.9%
- Emkes, FDP4.7%
Turnout 61.0% · 11,146 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Wirdum
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD30.2%+7.2
- AfD27.8%+10.0
- CDU21.1%-7.0
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- Grüne4.5%-7.0
- BSW4.5%+0.7
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 209 | 30.2% | 28.4% | 23.0% (+7.2) | 16.4% (+13.8) |
| AfD | 192 | 27.8% | 21.1% | 17.8% (+10.0) | 20.8% (+7.0) |
| CDU | 146 | 21.1% | 24.2% | 28.1% (-7.0) | 22.6% (-1.5) |
| Linke | 40 | 5.8% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 31 | 4.5% | 8.0% | 11.5% (-7.0) | 11.6% (-7.1) |
| BSW | 31 | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.7) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 20 | 2.9% | 3.3% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 16 | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Wirdum: location in the Aurich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wirdum highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.